Indian Railways is a governmental entity under the Ministry of Railways which operates India's national railway system. It is run by the government as a public good and manages the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 68,155 km as of March 2019. 40,576 km or 64% of all the broad-gauge routes are electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric traction as of August 2020. Read More
Aiming at reducing travel time, Indian Railways is upgrading the tracks on Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonals, connecting the four metro cities, to cater to trains running at a speed of 130 km-160 km/hour (kmph). ...
Over 8.09 lakh man-days of work have been generated by the Indian Railways in six states under the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, the ministry said Tuesday. ...
Indian Railways registered a more than 10% jump in freight loading in the month of September till the 6th as compared to the same period last year. ...